Foundations of Computer Engineering (BLGM101)
This course introduces the student to the fundamental concepts of the computer engineering discipline. Topics covered include: Computers and information processing -notion of computers, concepts of data and information, applications of computers, history of computing. Computer hardware -CPU, memory, input/output interface, secondary storage, ports, types of computer systems, computer software -system software, utilities, application software, data communication, an overview of operating systems. General Problem Solving Concepts: basic data types, constants and variables, basic operators and expressions, algorithms, pseudo codes, and flow charts, sequential, and conditional problem solving (IF statements and CASE logic), looping (WHILE/WHILE-END, REPEAT-UNTIL, FOR structures), formatted output, examples in C programming language.